Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior";p=&quot

Saddam was a volitile dictator known to be hostile to the US and to have ties to terrorists. At the time we believed he had or was seeking WMDS, up to and including nukes. He was known to interfere with inspections many times, making it unable to verify his claims that he did not have and was not seeking WMDs.

Even liberals at the time (like Edwars) believed he was lying. It was not some fabrication or mind control from Bush. Given what we knew at the time, an invasion was appropriate. We had already tried diplomacy.

Originally Posted by Hansmoleman";p=&quot

Several other things spell doom for the Democrats.

- The fastest growing ethnic group in America (Latinos) are increasingly supporting the Republicans. Every election year, the Republican candidate has added more Latino votes as their population also increases. The Democrats may soon only have a minority of Latino supporters, that is a VERY bad thing for the Democratic party.

- The Red states are growing in population, while by and large the Blue states are DECREASING in population. I think it's quite obvious why that's bad for Democrats.

- This country is seemingly on the verge of a religious revival. Though relgion is nearly dead in most of Europe, it is thriving in the United States, and the Republicans are definately riding that wave big time.

- There Republican party has done an excellent job of putting minorities in high positions. To date there are three cabinet members who are minorities and one Supreme Court Justice, all appointed by Repbulicans. This could eat away at minorites who vote Democrat.

- More women have voted for a Republican than in the past. Again, this is not good for Democrats who rely so heavily on women voters.

The list goes on and on and on.....

Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior";p=&quot

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Originally Posted by Tedminator";p=&quot The administration was given a mountain of intelligence from a variety of sources, the commander-in-chief's job was to sift through the intel and make a command decision. His decision to open up a second front in Iraq. So knowing what we know now, that Iraq's WMD threat and terrorist ties to AlQaeda were minimal at best, the commander made the wrong decision. The invasion of Iraq was not in the best interest of the USA. President Bush now has 4 years to fix this mess he got the USA into. I suggest he do a better job.

So far I have not seen many suggestions from liberals on how he could have done a better job. They like to complain, but they dont like to offer alternatives.